201st New York State Legislature

201st New York State Legislature
←200th 202nd→
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New York State Capitol (2009)
Overview
Legislative bodyNew York State Legislature
JurisdictionNew York, United States
TermJanuary 1, 2015 – December 31, 2016
Senate
PresidentLt. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D)
Temporary PresidentDean Skelos (R), until May 11, 2015;
John J. Flanagan (R), from May 11, 2015
Party controlRepublican/IDC
Assembly
SpeakerSheldon Silver (D), until February 2, 2015;
Joseph D. Morelle (D), acting February 2–3, 2015;
Carl Heastie (D), from February 3, 2015
Party controlDemocratic
Sessions
1January 7 – ?, 2015
2January 6 – ?, 2016

The 201st New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 7, 2015, to December 31, 2016, during the fifth and sixth years of Andrew Cuomo's governorship, in Albany.

State Senate

Senators

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Assembly members Roxanne Persaud and Todd Kaminsky were elected to fill vacancies in the Senate.

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

District Senator Party Notes
1st Kenneth LaValle* Republican
2nd John J. Flanagan* Republican Temporary President from May 11, 2015
3rd Thomas Croci Republican
4th Phil Boyle* Republican
5th Carl L. Marcellino* Republican
6th Kemp Hannon* Republican
7th Jack Martins* Republican
8th Michael Venditto Republican
9th Dean Skelos* Republican Temporary President until May 11, 2015;
seat vacated on December 11, 2015
Todd Kaminsky* Democrat on April 19, 2016, elected to fill vacancy[1]
10th James Sanders Jr.* Democrat
11th Tony Avella* Dem. (IDC)
12th Michael Gianaris* Democrat
13th Jose Peralta* Democrat
14th Leroy Comrie Democrat
15th Joseph Addabbo Jr.* Democrat
16th Toby Ann Stavisky* Democrat
17th Simcha Felder* Ind. Dem.[2]
18th Martin Malave Dilan* Democrat
19th John L. Sampson* Democrat seat vacated on July 24, 2015
Roxanne Persaud* Democrat on November 3, 2015, elected to fill vacancy
20th Jesse Hamilton Democrat
21st Kevin Parker* Democrat
22nd Martin Golden* Republican
23rd Diane Savino* Dem. (IDC)
24th Andrew Lanza* Republican
25th Velmanette Montgomery* Democrat
26th Daniel Squadron* Democrat
27th Brad Hoylman* Democrat
28th Liz Krueger* Democrat
29th José M. Serrano* Democrat
30th Bill Perkins* Democrat
31st Adriano Espaillat* Democrat on November 8, 2016, elected to the 115th U.S. Congress
32nd Rubén Díaz Sr.* Democrat
33rd Gustavo Rivera* Democrat
34th Jeffrey D. Klein* Dem. (IDC) IDC Leader
35th Andrea Stewart-Cousins* Democrat Minority Leader
36th Ruth Hassell-Thompson* Democrat appointed as Special Advisor for Policy and Community Affairs of NYS Homes and Community Renewal, beginning in July 2016
37th George Latimer* Democrat
38th David Carlucci* Dem. (IDC)
39th William J. Larkin Jr.* Republican
40th Terrence Murphy Republican
41st Sue Serino Republican
42nd John Bonacic* Republican
43rd Kathy Marchione* Republican
44th Neil Breslin* Democrat
45th Betty Little* Republican
46th George A. Amedore Jr. Republican
47th Joseph Griffo* Republican
48th Patty Ritchie* Republican
49th Hugh T. Farley* Republican
50th John A. DeFrancisco* Republican
51st James L. Seward* Republican
52nd Thomas W. Libous* Republican seat vacated on July 22, 2015
Fred Akshar Republican on November 3, 2015, elected to fill vacancy
53rd David J. Valesky* Dem. (IDC)
54th Michael F. Nozzolio* Republican
55th Rich Funke Republican
56th Joseph Robach* Republican
57th Catharine Young* Republican
58th Tom O'Mara* Republican
59th Patrick M. Gallivan* Republican
60th Marc Panepinto Democrat
61st Michael Ranzenhofer* Republican
62nd Robert Ortt Republican
63rd Timothy M. Kennedy* Democrat

Employees

  • Secretary: ?

State Assembly

Assembly members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

District Assembly member Party Notes
1st Fred W. Thiele Jr.* Ind./Dem.
2nd Anthony Palumbo* Republican
3rd L. Dean Murray Republican
4th Steve Englebright* Democrat
5th Al Graf* Republican
6th Philip Ramos* Democrat
7th Andrew Garbarino* Republican
8th Michael J. Fitzpatrick* Republican
9th Joseph Saladino* Republican
10th Chad Lupinacci* Republican
11th Kimberly Jean-Pierre Democrat
12th Andrew Raia* Republican
13th Charles D. Lavine* Democrat
14th David McDonough* Republican
15th Michael Montesano* Republican
16th Michelle Schimel* Democrat
17th Thomas McKevitt* Republican
18th Earlene Hill Hooper* Democrat
19th Ed Ra* Republican
20th Todd Kaminsky Democrat on April 19, 2016, elected to the State Senate
21st Brian F. Curran* Republican
22nd Michaelle C. Solages* Democrat
23rd Phil Goldfeder* Democrat resigned on November 8, 2016[3]
24th David Weprin* Democrat
25th Nily Rozic* Democrat
26th Edward Braunstein* Democrat
27th Michael Simanowitz* Democrat
28th Andrew Hevesi* Democrat
29th William Scarborough* Democrat resigned on May 7, 2015
Alicia Hyndman Democrat on November 3, 2015, elected to fill vacancy
30th Margaret Markey* Democrat
31st Michele Titus* Democrat
32nd Vivian E. Cook* Democrat
33rd Barbara M. Clark* Democrat died on February 22, 2016[4]
34th Michael DenDekker* Democrat
35th Jeffrion L. Aubry* Democrat
36th Aravella Simotas* Democrat
37th Catherine Nolan* Democrat
38th Michael G. Miller* Democrat
39th Francisco Moya* Democrat
40th Ron Kim* Democrat
41st Helene Weinstein* Democrat
42nd Rodneyse Bichotte Democrat
43rd Karim Camara* Democrat resigned on February 20, 2015, to head the NYS OFBCD[5]
Diana Richardson Working Fam.[6] on May 5, 2015, elected to fill vacancy[7]
44th James F. Brennan* Democrat
45th Steven Cymbrowitz* Democrat
46th Alec Brook-Krasny* Democrat resigned effective July 7, 2015
Pamela Harris Democrat on November 3, 2015, elected to fill vacancy
47th William Colton* Democrat
48th Dov Hikind* Democrat
49th Peter J. Abbate Jr.* Democrat
50th Joseph R. Lentol* Democrat
51st Félix W. Ortiz* Democrat
52nd Jo Anne Simon Democrat
53rd Maritza Davila* Democrat
54th Erik Martin Dilan Democrat
55th Latrice Walker Democrat
56th Annette Robinson* Democrat
57th Walter T. Mosley* Democrat
58th N. Nick Perry* Democrat
59th Roxanne Persaud Democrat on November 3, 2015, elected to the State Senate
Jaime Williams Democrat on April 19, 2016, elected to fill vacancy[8]
60th Charles Barron Democrat
61st Matthew Titone* Democrat
62nd Joe Borelli* Republican on November 3, 2015, elected to the New York City Council
Ronald Castorina Republican on April 19, 2016, elected to fill vacancy
63rd Michael Cusick* Democrat
64th Nicole Malliotakis* Republican
65th Sheldon Silver* Democrat Speaker until February 2, 2015;
seat vacated on November 30, 2015
Alice Cancel Democrat on April 19, 2016, elected to fill vacancy[9]
66th Deborah J. Glick* Democrat
67th Linda Rosenthal* Democrat
68th Robert J. Rodriguez* Democrat
69th Daniel J. O'Donnell* Democrat
70th Keith L. T. Wright* Democrat
71st Herman D. Farrell Jr.* Democrat Chairman of Ways and Means
72nd Guillermo Linares Democrat
73rd Dan Quart* Democrat
74th Brian P. Kavanagh* Democrat
75th Richard N. Gottfried* Democrat
76th Rebecca Seawright Democrat
77th Latoya Joyner Democrat
78th Jose Rivera* Democrat
79th Michael Blake Democrat
80th Mark Gjonaj* Democrat
81st Jeffrey Dinowitz* Democrat
82nd Michael Benedetto* Democrat
83rd Carl Heastie* Democrat Speaker from February 3, 2015
84th Carmen E. Arroyo* Democrat
85th Marcos Crespo* Democrat
86th Victor M. Pichardo* Democrat
87th Luis R. Sepúlveda* Democrat
88th Amy Paulin* Democrat
89th J. Gary Pretlow* Democrat
90th Shelley Mayer* Democrat
91st Steven Otis* Democrat
92nd Thomas J. Abinanti* Democrat
93rd David Buchwald* Democrat
94th Steve Katz* Republican
95th Sandy Galef* Democrat
96th Kenneth Zebrowski Jr.* Democrat
97th Ellen Jaffee* Democrat
98th Karl A. Brabenec Republican
99th James Skoufis* Democrat
100th Aileen Gunther* Democrat
101st Claudia Tenney* Republican on November 8, 2016, elected to the 115th U.S. Congress
102nd Pete Lopez* Republican
103rd Kevin A. Cahill* Democrat
104th Frank Skartados* Democrat
105th Kieran Lalor* Republican
106th Didi Barrett* Democrat
107th Steven McLaughlin* Republican
108th John T. McDonald III* Democrat
109th Patricia Fahy* Democrat
110th Phillip Steck* Democrat
111th Angelo Santabarbara* Democrat
112th Jim Tedisco* Republican
113th Carrie Woerner Democrat
114th Dan Stec* Republican
115th Janet Duprey* Republican
116th Addie Jenne* Democrat
117th Ken Blankenbush* Republican
118th Marc W. Butler* Republican
119th Anthony Brindisi* Democrat
120th William Barclay* Republican
121st Bill Magee* Democrat
122nd Clifford Crouch* Republican
123rd Donna Lupardo* Democrat
124th Christopher S. Friend* Republican
125th Barbara Lifton* Democrat
126th Gary Finch* Republican
127th Albert A. Stirpe Jr.* Democrat
128th Samuel D. Roberts* Democrat in May 2015, appointed as Commissioner of NYS OTDA[10]
Pamela Hunter Democrat on November 3, 2015, elected to fill vacancy
129th William Magnarelli* Democrat
130th Bob Oaks* Republican
131st Brian Kolb* Republican Minority Leader
132nd Phil Palmesano* Republican
133rd Bill Nojay* Republican died on September 9, 2016[11]
134th Peter Lawrence Republican
135th Mark C. Johns* Republican
136th Joseph D. Morelle* Democrat Majority Leader;
Acting Speaker from February 2 to 3, 2015
137th David F. Gantt* Democrat
138th Harry Bronson* Democrat
139th Stephen Hawley* Republican
140th Robin Schimminger* Democrat
141st Crystal Peoples* Democrat
142nd Michael P. Kearns* Democrat
143rd Angela Wozniak Cons./Rep.
144th Jane Corwin* Republican
145th John Ceretto* Republican changed party affiliation on August 18, 2015[12]
Democrat
146th Raymond Walter* Republican
147th David DiPietro* Republican
148th Joseph Giglio* Republican
149th Sean Ryan* Democrat
150th Andy Goodell* Republican

Employees

  • Secretary: ?

References

  1. ^ Kaminsky declares victory in race for Skelos' seat; McGrath says too close to call by Ashley hupfl and Jon Lentz, in CSNY on April 20, 2016
  2. ^ Felder was elected as a Democrat but caucused with the Republicans
  3. ^ Phil Goldfeder vacating his Assembly seat this week by Anthony O"Reilly in the Queens Chronicle, on November 4, 2016
  4. ^ Barbara M. Clark, New York Assemblywoman, Dies at 76 by Vivien Yee, in The New York Times on February 23, 2016
  5. ^ Karim Camara nearly doubles legislative salary in joining Cuomo administration by Ken Lovett, in the New York Daily News on April 6, 2015
  6. ^ Richardson is a registered Democrat, but was elected on the Working Families ticket, the Democrats making no nomination.
  7. ^ 43rd D. special election result at NYS Board of Elections
  8. ^ 59th A.D. Special Election: Williams Beats Ferretti Decisively at kingscountypolitics.com on April 20, 2016
  9. ^ Democrat wins special election to fill Assembly seat vacated by Sheldon Silver at syracuse.com on April 19, 2016
  10. ^ Assemblyman Sam Roberts: From building manager to NY welfare commissioner by Teri Weaver, at syracuse.com on May 20, 2015
  11. ^ Bill Nojay, Upstate Assemblyman, Dies After Shooting Himself at a Cemetery bi Vivien Yee, in The New York Times on September 9, 2016
  12. ^ Ceretto will switch back to Democratic Party by Aaron Besecker, in The Buffalo News on August 18, 2015

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